United Jewish Fund and Council of Saint Paul records
Scope and Content
This collection consists of administrative materials dating between 1911 and 1985. There are numerous gaps in materials and the collection is not extensive. Materials include: correspondence, board meeting minutes, committee meeting minutes, budget and financial documents, special reports and studies on community, pamphlets, brochures, scrapbooks, and research materials.
Series 7 consists of materials relating to oral and written history projects. The UJFC funded two history projects: an oral history effort during the 1970s spanning several phases and the subsequent book, published in 1985 titled We rolled up our sleeves: a history of the United Jewish Fund and Council and its beneficiary agencies, by Marilyn Chiat and Chester Proshan. The materials gathered and first drafts of their research are found in Series 7.
Dates
- 1911-1985
Creator
- United Jewish Fund and Council of Saint Paul (Organization)
Use of Materials
Open for use in the Elmer L. Andersen Library reading room.
Copyright
Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair use provision of the copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code). Requests to publish should be arranged with the Upper Midwest Jewish Archives; please contact the archives for more detailed copyright information.
Historical Note
The United Jewish Fund and Council (UJFC) was formed in 1945 with the merger of the Council of Jewish Social Agencies, established in 1932, and the United Jewish Fund of St. Paul, founded in 1935. The Council of Jewish Social Agencies had represented more than 20 social service organizations, working to coordinate and speak authoritatively on behalf of the needs of the Jewish community. The United Jewish Fund was in charge of providing and central fundraising mechanism for a community that had in the past been weakened by competition and fragmentation. Thus, with the merger of these organizations and the creation of the United Jewish Fund and Council, its purpose is two-fold reflecting the mission of the precursor organizations—that of social service planning and administration and that of fund raising and distribution. Their work included caring for the elderly and orphaned, while also providing recreation, education, culture, healty and welfare needs of the entire community, seeking to enhance the quality of Jewish communal life.
Beneficiary agencies of the UJFC include the Talmud Torah, Jewish Family Service, Jewish Vocational Service, Jewish Community Center of Greater St. Paul Area, Jewish Community Relations Council, Hillel at the University of Minnesota, and more. They also allocates funds to national organizations, such as the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, and the Jewish Agency for Israel. The United Jewish Fund and Council, now known as Jewish Federation of Greater St. Paul, is still active in the community. For more information, visit their website at jewishstpaul.org.
Extent
8.4 Cubic Feet (8 boxes -- 1 Hollinger box, 7 Paige boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection consists of the administrative materials for the United Jewish Fund and Council of Saint Paul (Minn.), an organization dedicated to social service planning and administration as well as fundraising and distribution to local Jewish organizations.
Arrangement
This collection is divided into series:
Series 1: Historical and board minutes
Series 2: Committees and subcommittees
Series 3: Special studies and reports
Series 4: Beneficiary Agency materials
Series 5: Public relations
Series 6: Fundraising
Series 7: Materials related to oral and written history projects
Series 8: Scrapbooks
Source of acquisition
Donated to the Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest in 1987 by the United Jewish Fund and Council of Saint Paul.
Processing Information
This collection was first donated to the Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest in 1987 and was added to over time before it came to the University of Minnesota. The collection has remained in the series and order in which it was processed by the staff members of the Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest, and not in original order.
- Charities Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Jews -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul -- Charities Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Public welfare Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Social service Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Social welfare Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- United Jewish Fund and Council of Saint Paul records, 1911-1985
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid created by Kate Dietrick
- Date
- October 2015
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Revision Statements
- November 2022: Revised to add newly found materials
Collecting Area Details
Contact The Upper Midwest Jewish Archives Collecting Area
